Combined mop and wringer



p y 3929- w. A. CODERRYE 11 7271864 COMBINED MOP AND WRINGEH Filed June 4, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 112 1.115. YIIILE... E FE.

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COMBINED MOP AND WRINGER Filed June 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ELK; LEI-mi Fatented Sept. ltd, 1229.

oer-ice- COMBIEED MOP AND WBINGER.

Application filed June 4,

The invention aims to provide a new and improved mop construction of exceptionally simple and inexpensive nature, yet highly eflicient and desirable.

The mop is of the general type in which the mop handle passes slidably through a guide in the upper end of a vertically elongated frame, the lower end of the handle being provided with a head to which the mop cloth is attached, whereby rotation of this head Within the upper portion of the frame while the lower portion of the mop cloth is held by said frame, will effect mop wringing. It is a further objectof the invention to provide a head construction of new and improved, and exceptionally simple and inexpensive form.

With the foregoing inview, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, description being accomplished by reference to the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing all parts in position for use of the mop;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the man ner of wringingthe mop. I

Fig. 3 is an edge view.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are horizontal sectional views on the correspondingly numbered lines of Fig. 1.

r Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical section on line/L 7 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing above briefly described, the

numeral 8 denotes a vertically elongated 313 frame having verticalside rods 9 whose lower ends are inwardly offset as at 10 and disposed in downwardly diverg ng relation below the oflsets. The lower ends of the side rods 9 are connected by a lower end rod 11 integrally joined thereto, while the upper ends of said side rods are welded or otherwise secured to an upper end member 12 having a vertical sleeve or guide 13. A mop handle 14 passes slidably and rotatably through this sleeve or guide and is provided at its lower end with a mop-cloth-holdinghead 15 which head is of novel construction.

In constructing the head 15, ll make use at a single short length of channel metal 59 having the usual body portion 16 and par- 1928. Serial No. 282,705.

allel flanges 17 projecting downwardly from the opposite longitudinal edges of said body portion. Suitably secured to and rising fromv the body portion 16, is a socket 18 in which the lower end of the handle 14 is secured.

Near one of the flanges 17, the ends of the body 16 are formed with notches 19 of a width slightly greater than the diameter of the side rods 9, and the distance between the inner ends of these notches is slightly greater than the shortest distance between the ofl'sets 10. Hence, by these offsets, the head 15 will be normally held at the lower end of the frame 8 as seen in Fig. 1, but a downward push on this frame and an upward pull on 05 the handle 14, will effect outward springing of the side rods 9 to permit movement of the head 15 to a position within the upper portion of the frame as shown in Fig. 2, in which 4 position, the notches 19 are free from the rods 9.

Near the other flange 17, the body 16 is formed with two openings 20 which receive the ends of a U-bolt 21, thumb nuts 22 being threaded on said ends. This U-bolt is used to tightly clamp the ends of a mop clothC within the channel of the head 15 as shown most clearly in Fig. 7, and by loosening the nuts 22, one cloth may readily be detached and another applied. This cloth is looped under -the lower end rod 11 of the frame 8, when the head 15 is raised as in Fig. 2. Hence, the lower end of the frame 9 holds the lower portion of the mop cloth against turning, so that rotation of the head 15 in either direction, by turning the handle 14 within the guide 13, serves tot'wist the cloth, hence effectively wringing it.

As excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed, they are preferably followed. However, within the scope of the invention as claimed, minor changes may be made.

Iclaimz- 1. Amop comprisingavertically elongated frame having a handle guide at its upper end and contracted in width at its lower end, a handle passing slidably through said guide, a horizontally elongated'body secured centrally between its ends to the lower end of said handle, the end portions of said body being each provided with a notch and an opening, and a U-bolt passing through said openings for clamping the ends of a mop cloth against the lower side of said body, said notches being adapted to snugly receive the side members of the frame at said contracted lower end of the latter.

' 2. A mop comprising a ve -:tically elongate frame having a handle guide at its uper end, the lower end of said frame being contracted in width, a handle passing slidably and r0- tatably through said guide, a horizontally elongated fiat body secured centrally between its ends to the lower end of said handle, a longitudinal edge of the body being provided with a downwardly projecting flange, the ends of said body each having a notch and an opening, said openings being disposed near said flange, and a U-bolt passed through said openings for co-operation with said body and flange in clamping the ends of a mop cloth,

said notches being adapted to snugly receive the side members of the frame at said contracted lower end of the latter.

3. In a combined-mop and wringer, comprising an elongated frame having side bars,

ashort length of channel metal provided at its center with a rigidly attached upstanding socket to receive a handle, the flanges of said length of channel metal being disposed downwardly, the body portion of said length of channel metal having an opening and a notch in each end, the openings being adjacent one of said flanges, and a U-bolt whose ends pass through said openings, said'bolt serving to clamp a mop cloth in the channel said notches being adpated to receive the side bars of said frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

WILFQRD A. CODEBRE. 

